page_title: List of Iraqis
section_title: Writers and poets of Iraqi descent
hierarchical_section_title: List of Iraqis / Writers and poets / Writers and poets of Iraqi descent
caption_attribution_description: עברית: רוני סומק במהלך הפגנת אחד במאי 2007 בסינמטק בת"א
context_page_description: This list of Iraqis includes people who were born in Iraq and people who are of Iraqi ancestry, who are significantly notable for their life and/or work.
context_section_description: 'Atika Wahbi al-Khazraji (1924–1997), poet.
  Abdul Rahman Munif (1933–2004), one of the most important Arabic novelists of the 20th century, born in Amman to an Iraqi mother and Saudi father.
  Abraham Yahuda (1877–1951), Jewish writer, teacher and linguist, born in Jerusalem to a Jewish family originally from Baghdad.
  Achmed Khammas, German writer (Iraqi/German heritage)
  Alia Mamdouh, (born 1944 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Iraqi novelist, author and journalist living in exile in Paris, France. She won the 2004 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for her novel The Loved Ones.
  Alise Alousi, Iraqi-American poet
  Alon Ben-Meir, professor, writer, the Middle East Project director at the World Policy Institute
  Amira Hess, Israeli poet and artist
  Ari Ben-Menashe, Israeli author of Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network
  Armand Nassery, author and filmmaker.
  Eli Amir, Israeli writer and activist.
  Ella Habiba Shohat, is Professor of Cultural Studies at New York University.
  Greg Patent, author, born in Hong Kong to a Russian father and Iraqi mother
  Jack Marshall (author), poet and author
  Khalid al-Maaly, German-Iraqi writer, poet and publisher
  Hassan Abdulrazzak, Iraqi-British, award-winning playwright.
  Leilah Nadir, is an Iraqi-Canadian writer who grew up in England and Canada with an Iraqi father and an English mother.
  Loolwa Khazzoom,  is an Iraqi American Jewish writer who writes about Jewish multiculturalism and the cultural traditions.
  Lorraine Ali, American reporter, editor, culture writer and music critic for Newsweek.
  M.T. Mehdi 1928–1999), Iraqi-American writer and pro-Palestinian activist.
  Michelle Nouri, is an Italian journalist and author. She was born in Prague, Czech Republic in 1973 to an Iraqi father and Czech mother.
  Naïm Kattan, Canadian novelist, essayist and critic.
  Rachel Shabi, author and contributing writer to The Guardian. Shabi was born to Iraqi Jewish parents.
  Rachel Wahba, writer
  Raed Jarrar, writer, architect and human rights activist
  Ronny Someck, Israeli poet
  Sami Michael, Israeli author and the president of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel.
  Shant Kenderian, notable as an Iraqi-born United States citizen who became an American prisoner-of-war after being forced to fight against the United States in the Persian Gulf War.
  Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an eminent English poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His father, Alfred Ezra Sassoon (1861–1895), son of Sassoon David Sassoon, was a member of the wealthy Baghdadi Jewish Sassoon merchant family.
  Sinan Antoon, (born 1967) (Arabic: سنان أنطون), is an Iraqi poet, novelist, scholar, and an associate professor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University. He was featured in the 2003 documentary film About Baghdad, which he also co-directed.
  Suzanne Alaywan, poet and painting artist, born in Beirut to a Lebanese father and Iraqi mother
  Zainab Salbi, writer, activist, co-founder and president of Women for Women International.
  Zuhur Dixon (born 1933), poet.
caption: Ronny Someck
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